Gangster Disciples

The Gangster Disciples is an African-American street gang that was formed in Chicago, Illinois during the late 1960s by Larry Hoover and David Barksdale. The gang wore blue and black, and it used the six-pointed Star of David to represent love, life, loyalty, knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, Barksdale's views. It had 30,000-40,000 members at its height, and it was allied with the Folk Nation, Crips, Sinaloa Cartel, and the 18th Street Gang, while it was enemies with the Vice Lords, People Nation, Bloods, Nortenos, and Black Disciples.